Monty Python's "Spamalot" coming to Wynn in 2007
"Avenue Q" opens next month
"Hairspray" comes to Luxor later this year
"Phantom of the Opera" to Venetian in 2006
"Mamma Mia" has been very successful at Mandalay Bay
Of these, I only have interest in "Spamalot," but they'll be cutting 30 minutes out when it performs here, so I'd much rather see in it NYC. It seems there's a show for everyone, though. For more info, there's a link below.
Bettie
I saw Mamma Mia on Broadway. It's a good show. I like ABBA's songs.
> I saw Mamma Mia on Broadway. It's a good show. I like
> ABBA's songs.
ABBA??? are they still around? I didn't believe it when styx started performing again. bring back the 70's.
I have a friend who saw it in London and praised it, but I am NOT an ABBA fan. In fact, until the commercials started running constantly here, I couldn't have named, hummed, or farted one of their tunes. I still can't, really, but I can recognize the sound when I hear it now (since it all sounds the same to me, really). Maybe it's my youth, but I'd rather see a show based on Marilyn Manson's songs.
Bettie
> I have a friend who saw it in London and praised it,
> but I am NOT an ABBA fan. In fact, until the
> commercials started running constantly here, I
> couldn't have named, hummed, or farted one of their
> tunes. I still can't, really, but I can recognize the
> sound when I hear it now (since it all sounds the same
> to me, really).
Abba was one of the biggest bands in the whole 70's disco scene, right up there with the BeeGees and Donna Summer. (For those of us who are hard core rock&roll fans, this was a very bleak period in history, musically speaking.)
> Maybe it's my youth, but I'd rather
> see a show based on Marilyn Manson's songs.
It's not your youth. I'd pay to see such a show.
Of course, my own musical tastes are not exactly mainstream. :-)
. . . they just go through rehab, add new members, and play the casino circuit.
> ABBA??? are they still around? I didn't believe it
> when styx started performing again. bring back the
> 70's.
Actually, Abba is no longer performing. We are discussing a play based on the music of Abba, although one of the original members was involved in the creation of the play, at least the original version.
However, I don't even have to leave the San Diego area casinos to see Kansas, Foreigner, Eddie Money, The Steve Miller Band, The Beach Boys, and Peter Frampton, all of which will be appearing at the local Harrah's.
Oh, and Three Dog Night played here recently.
"Jeremiah was a bullfrog . . ."
> Abba was one of the biggest bands in the whole 70's
> disco scene, right up there with the BeeGees and Donna
> Summer. (For those of us who are hard core rock&roll
> fans, this was a very bleak period in history,
> musically speaking.)
Now, when I think 70's, I think Led, Doors, Bowie (my all-time fav), Doobie Bros (they show up locally once in awhile), that sort of stuff. That's certainly more my style.
> Of course, my own musical tastes are not exactly
> mainstream. :-)
Yeah, I'm open to pretty much anything, though I certainly tend toward the gothic/industrial/metal. I also like "fun" country, southern rock, "white" rap (Beastie Boys & Kid Rock). Now that I think about it, it might be easier to list what I DON'T like - R&B, gangsta rap and most hip-hop, and bubble gum shit. Oh, and ABBA!
Bettie
> However, I don't even have to leave the San Diego area
> casinos to see Kansas, Foreigner, Eddie Money, The
> Steve Miller Band, The Beach Boys, and Peter Frampton,
> all of which will be appearing at the local Harrah's.
> Oh, and Three Dog Night played here recently.
> "Jeremiah was a bullfrog . . ."
Abba was one of the biggest bands in the whole 70's disco scene, right up there with the BeeGees and Donna Summer. (For those of us who are hard core rock&roll fans, this was a very bleak period in history, musically speaking.)
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yeah, I was one of those hard-core fans. album rock, those were the days. started h.s. in 77. first concert was styx- pieces of eight. loved kansas............"carry on my wayword son"............then you had sat night fever, donna summer, and they all had to get on that ride. even paul had a few disco tunes. remember styx and the "babe" era? it was pathetic. and then phil collins broke from genesis and it just made you want to cry. he never recovered.,, hmmmmmmm I sure could listen to a little "london town" about now.
> Now, when I think 70's, I think Led, Doors, Bowie (my
> all-time fav), Doobie Bros (they show up locally once
> in awhile), that sort of stuff. That's certainly more
> my style.
The confusion is that music decades do not precisely correspond to the calendar. What we commonly refer to as 60's music didn't really get started until the middle of the decade (with the Beatles and the whole British Invasion thing), and really took off in 1967 (the "summer of love"). The 60's era actually extended into the early 70's, and includes the bands you mention.
And let's not forget The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World, The Rolling Stones, who produced some of their finest albums (Sticky Finger, Exile on Main St, Some Girls) in the 70's.
BTW, speaking of the Stones, today is Mick Jagger's 62nd birthday. Happy birthday, Mick!
Anyway, the disco era didn't really happen until the latter half of the 70's, peaking in 1977 with the movie Saturday Night Fever, the BeeGees, and of course, Abba.
It was a bleak time for lovers of real rock & roll. Fortunately, punk rock and MTV came along to revitalize things.
> Yeah, I'm open to pretty much anything, though I
> certainly tend toward the gothic/industrial/metal. I
> also like "fun" country, southern rock,
> "white" rap (Beastie Boys & Kid Rock).
> Now that I think about it, it might be easier to list
> what I DON'T like - R&B, gangsta rap and most hip-hop,
> and bubble gum shit. Oh, and ABBA!
Speaking of hot bands, right now I'm listening to a band called The Killers, who are actually based in Las Vegas (off-topic? Not me!). This quartet is fronted by a guy with a great rock star name: Brandon Flowers (and it's his real name). Their debut CD is called Hot Fuss, and these guys rock! Definitely an 80's sort of sound, with throbbing synthesizer, snarling guitar licks, and catchy bass hooks. sort of The Cure meets U2 meets Duran Duran.
They even had Vegas-type jobs before making it big. Flowers was a bellhop at the Gold Coast, and their bassist was a photographer at one of the wedding chapels.
It must have been rough being a garage band in Las Vegas, considering what the average garage is like this time of year.
They got their break when an English producer heard them. Their first gig outside of Las Vegas was in London, and quickly resulted in a UK tour and a recording contract.
Their song, Somebody Told Me has been getting a lot of airplay here in San Diego. You gotta love lyrics like these:
Well somebody told me
You had a boyfriend
Who looks like a girlfriend
That I had in February of last year
The band's website (link below) provides enough audio and video clips to determine whether to invest in the CD or download to the Ipod.
> Abba was one of the biggest bands in the whole 70's
> disco scene, right up there with the BeeGees and Donna
> Summer. (For those of us who are hard core rock&roll
> fans, this was a very bleak period in history,
> musically speaking.)
This is pretty bizarre. See my post responding to Bettie ("Re: 70's music"). At the same time you were writing the above, I was writing, "It was a bleak time for lovers of real rock & roll."
[i]"Music Business
In the 1970s, Volvo was the most successful corporation on the Stockholm stock exchange and led the nation in exports. Who was second? The Swedish pop quartet ABBA.
["Sweden voted not to adopt the euro as its national currency," Conan O'Brien announced in August 2003. "As a result, Sweden is sticking with its traditional currency: old Abba records." (In the late 1990s, the members of ABBA were offered a billion dollars to tour again. They declined.)]"
The message in my subject line actually appeared on tee-shirts in the late 70's and early '80's. Perhaps it was the first mainstreaming of the word "s_cks," which had been considered obscene. I never liked disco, except for the sound track to Saturday Night Fever. I don't consider ABBA to be disco. I like Springsteen, Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac, the Beatles and pre-Beatles oldies. I also like classical music.
What ever happened to "Don't trust anyone over 30?" We all got older.
P.S. This is getting to be like Wong's "Politics" or "Social" boards, but without the contentiousness.
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